Object Number 1987.0004.001

Object Name

Bottle stand or coaster

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Lincoln Kirstien in memory of Mina F. Curtiss

Creator (Role)

Thomas Badger Jr. (Copy after)
1764-1826
Thomas Badger Jr was born in Boston and probably began his career around 1786. After working in a shop on Prince Street from 1764 to 1786, Badger was listed as a grocer in the directories. He was active in local politics and militia. For more on Thomas Badger Jr's marks, see C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.238; Carl Jacobs, Guide to Amerian Pewter (1957), p.26; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.122; Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.215; and Kauffman, The American Pewterer (1970), p.131. See also Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.1, p.80-81 and J.B. Kerfoot, American Pewter (1942), p.92-93.

Place of Origin

Germany or United States, Europe or North America

Origin Notes

The marks are in imitation of those used by Thomas Badger and the Thomas Danforths. Origin possibly Germany per previous cataloguer (2006). Fake American mark on a copy of a European form (per previous cataloguer).

Date

1920-1950

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside, at center; "THOMAS / BADG " stamped in two curved banners above and below an American eagel with outstretched wings and a shield body with an olive branch and arrows in its talons. The mark is partially effaced around the perimeter.

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

1.772 (H) , 3.858 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

4.5 (H) , 9.8 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Diameter taken at lip.

Object Description

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